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Borg-Warner Automotive Declares Quarterly Dividend

16 October 1998

Borg-Warner Automotive Declares Quarterly Dividend

    CHICAGO, Oct. 16 -- The board of directors of Borg-Warner
Automotive, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share
on all of the company's issued and outstanding common stock.  The dividend is
payable November 16, 1998, to shareholders of record on November 2, 1998.
    Chicago-based Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. is a product leader in highly
engineered components and systems primarily for automotive drivetrain
applications.  The company operates manufacturing facilities in 12 countries
serving the North American, European and Asian automotive markets.